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Josh Cheema
Education
MSc Candidate, Machine Learning & Data Science (TBD)
Imperial College London
London, UK
Jun-23 - Oct-21
MEng, Engineering Science (2:1)
Oxford University, St Hugh’s College
Oxford, UK
Jun-14 - Oct-09
A-Level: Further Mathematics (A)
Rochester Independent College
Kent, UK
Jun-09
A-Level: Mathematics, Physics, History, English Literature (AAAA)
Gravesend Grammar School
Kent, UK
Jun-08
Experience
Executive Director, Derivative Products Group
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Ltd
London, UK
Oct-21 - Jul-14
- Pricing and execution of interest rate swaps, inflation swaps, interest rate options and FX derivatives with a focus on project finance and structured corporate hedging, including negotiation and execution of ISDA Master, CSA and other hedging documents.
Intern, Derivative Sales & Trading
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Ltd
London, UK
Oct-13 - Jul-13
- Modelling of IRS, CCS and FX transactions. Review and summary of legal and compliance documentation.
- Undertook projects evaluating ISDA agreements, swap models and credit risk simulations in order to analyse trends, benchmarks and profitability of historical transactions.
Intern, Voice Broking
ICAP plc
London, UK
Aug-12 - Jun-12
- Rotated across commodities, fixed income, interest rate swaps and interest rate option desks.
- Shadowed brokers and supported desks by carrying out general admin tasks and writing tickets.
Selected Data Science Writing
I regularly blog about data science and visualization on my blog joshcheema.io
Certifications & Awards
Level III CFA exam candidate Studying for AWS Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect (Associate) Certifications
HackTheHub 2022: AI & Data Hackathon
HackTheHub
N/A
May-22
- 3rd Place (Team Event)
- Competition to create business idea using AI/Machine Learning to add value to industry. My team designed a predictive tool for crop selection given a set of soil conditions.
IMSE DigiFAB Datathon: Molecular Adsorption to Surfaces
Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering (IMSE)
N/A
Apr-22
- 2nd Place (Team Event)
- Competition to create predictive model for energy of adsorbed molecule following adsorption process given a range of pre-calculated descriptors